Joseph Padfield graduated with distinction from the Opera Course of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2014. He was an Alvarez Young Artist at Garsington Opera in 2012 & 2017, a Les Azuriales Young Artist in 2015, a recipient of the 2016-17 International Opera Awards Bursary Fund and a current recipient of the International Opera Awards Artist Development Fund 2017-18. He continues his vocal studies with Gary Coward.Recent highlights include singing Bass Solo in Fauré Requiem at St Martin- in-the-fields, Dr. P The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Golaud Pelléas et Mélisande for Garsington Opera, Opera Galas for Barandov Opera, his return to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as Ibn Hakia Iolanta and performances as Figaro Le nozze di Figaro and Guglielmo Cosi fan tutte for Diva Opera on tour in the UK, France and South Africa.Other roles include Bear Prince East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Tête à Tête Opera Festival); Coyle Owen Wingrave (Banff Centre for Performing Arts, Canada); Lido Boatman/Restaurant Waiter Death in Venice (Garsington Opera) and Barker The Adventures of Pinocchio (Cambridge Philharmonic Society). He has understudied roles including Zuniga Carmen (Scottish Opera); Dog/Death/Smith Swanhunter (Opera North); Eisenring Biedermann and the Arsonists (Independent Opera) Leporello (Garsington Opera) and Guglielmo (Garsington Opera).Solo oratorio engagements have included Handel Messiah with Lawrence Cummings; Dvorák Te Deum with St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus; Monteverdi Vespers with Bridgewater Sinfonia; Haydn Nelson Mass with Vivace Choir; the world premiere of Ian Schofield's Freedom with Southampton Choral Society and Fauré Requiem, Campra Requiem, Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem and Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs. Representation:International - Steven Swales Artist ManagementGermany - Neill Thornborrow